National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) faced a critical need to redefine its value proposition, reconnect with current members, and reach new prospects. Traditional membership recruitment and engagement approaches were failing to effectively convey NARFE’s importance as the only association representing all federal employees and retirees on matters ranging from legislative policies to protecting federal benefits. Street Level Studio worked with NARFE to strategize and produce a robust multimedia marketing playbook that would mobilize the association’s diverse audience segments and drive membership growth. With this refined, unified marketing strategy and more structured approach to outreach, NARFE is actively engaging with its entire membership base and membership numbers are in the black for the first time in nearly two decades.


  • National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE)

  • Nonprofit Association

  • Integrated Marketing

  • www.narfe.org
A repeating pattern of smartphones on a table, each showing different “Fed Up?” ads onscreen.
Four LinkedIn ads from the campaign. One features the wolf image. The other three feature federal employees with quotes.
Three Meta ads from the campaign comped in smartphones. They all feature the headline “Fed Up?”
The primary wolf ad from the campaign overlays a photograph of the ad on a corner billboard with cars in the foreground.
Three smartphones each show a different LinkedIn ad. One features the wolf ad. The other two feature federal workers.
Three Meta Ads inside smartphones. Each features a different image of federal employees.

The Need for NARFE Is Real Campaign: Animated Programmatic Display Ads

“The Need for NARFE is Real” Online Display Ad_160x600
Three different postcards from the campaign, each showing front and back of the card.
A trifold of the NARFE membership brochure outlining the benefits NARFE delivers for its members. Front and back are shown.